Monmouth presented a virtual discussion on civil discourse with University and NJ state leaders on Wednesday, March 2. While the event was sponsored by the Office of the President and co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science and the Institute for Global Understanding (IGU), the conversation was led by NJ Senator Vin Gopal and former […]
Monmouth University’s Model UN team traveled to Boston to compete in the nation’s oldest Model UN contest at Harvard University from Feb. 10-13. The contest is very large and competitive, drawing national and international participants. Ken Mitchell, Ph.D., professor of political science, traveled with the team, composed of 19 students, as their faculty advisor. He […]
Monmouth University’s Class of 2022 Giving Campaign launched in October of 2021 and will continue to accept donations through May, closing right before spring commencement. The campaign encourages students to become active alumni by giving back to the Monmouth community. The University’s first Giving Campaign started in 2018 and was a last minute ordeal, with […]
Monmouth University announced that the school’s athletic teams will be leaving the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) to join the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in fall 2022 in an email from President Patrick Leahy on Jan. 25. The CAA approached Monmouth in August to gauge the University’s interest in joining an expanded league. It was […]
University Bluffs residents are voicing concerns about a lack of security measures at the off-campus apartments following an incident in which a catalytic converter was stolen from a resident’s vehicle on Saturday, Feb. 26. Maddie Detore, the owner of the burglarized Honda Element, indicated that her car was parked in the Bluffs parking lot when […]
Monmouth’s Career Development Office is hosting its semi-annual, Spring Internship & Career Day Wednesday, March 2 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. This semester’s fair is being facilitated through the University new online networking platform, Handshake, which is open to all University Community members. Beth Ricca, Executive Director for Career Development, gave some additional context […]
The Leon Hess Business School’s Student Advisory Council welcomed guest speaker Sherry Carroll, MBA, DBA, at a Black History Month event on Wednesday, Feb. 23. Caroll is a Candidate Manager of Strategic Health Programs at UnitedHealth Group, an insurance company ranked eighth on the Fortune 500 list in 2021. Carroll introduced her presentation, titled “Taking […]
One Monmouth University student and two alumni were selected as semi-finalists into the Fulbright U.S. Student Program this semester. This program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Institute for International Education (IEE), affords students the opportunity to conduct research while teaching English to citizens across the globe. The selected students […]
Johanna Foster, Pd.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, the Helen Bennett McMurray Endowed Chair of Social Ethics in the Department of Political Science and Sociology and the President of MU faculty union, FAMCO, was appointed to the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women Board of Trustees by Governor Phil Murphy on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Foster was […]
Monmouth University’s Department of English hosted its third annual Toni Morrison Day celebration on Friday, Feb. 18. This year’s celebration included student and faculty scholarship panels, a faculty roundtable discussion, poetry and poster contests, and a presentation from keynote speaker Dr. Regina Duthely. “We are trying to make Toni Morrison Day as inclusive an event […]